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PILOT PLANT [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
DEF

Separate, usually much larger and much more expensive, facility to study the process and to produce large quantities or products and by-products for market development and waste-disposal studies.

CONT

The steps in a technological innovation can be considered to be: specification of market need, product idea, development, pilot plant, trial sales, commercial exploitation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
DEF

Installation destinée à réaliser une production semi-industrielle avant passage à la fabrication industrielle à grande échelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación minera
  • Extracción de petróleo y gas natural
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